A review by floofymoosereads
Blood and Sunlight by Danielle Cancel

adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Blood & Sunlight by Danielle Cancel is the first book of the Twisted Fates series. This is a new adult romantic epic fantasy. College student Jade, who in no way has her life in order, falls through a portal to another world where magic, and magical creatures, exist. A vampire, Soran, that despises her (and isn’t shy about letting Jade know it) can help her get home and survive the dangers of the adventure. But Sora has his own history and knows Jade needs to go home, even as he starts to like her just a little bit. But her staying will easily be his ruin. Tropes include banter, found family, hate to sometimes love and a slowww burn. And a lot of angst.

The Lovely: The cave scene. That is all. Just kidding. I really liked the character, main and secondary, and Al, their relationships with each other. Jade and Soran’s relationship has this constant push and pull, and I quickly become invested. It hurt when they pushed each other away. I also loved the world building and the writing itself - together this set the stage for a beautiful world told in lush prose.

The Mundane: The pacing of this book was slower (but not painfully slow) as one, it was the first book of a series, and two, it’s not a high action (ie constant battles) book. That makes the pacing good for this book. Also, the first chapter was a bit fluffy, but that ends up not being terribly important.

The Dreadful: I did occasionally want to smack Soran (and sometimes Jade) for being cruel to each other (with their words). But, the wit is their way.

Rating: 5/5 Stars

Recommendation: I received a digital copy of this book in exchange for my honest review. I knew by the 63 percent mark this was a five star book, all the way from the characters to the world to the storytelling and dialogue. I had trouble putting this down because I just wanted to know what happened next to the characters. If you like romantic fantasies set in another world, with a strong FMC and brooding MMC, I think you would LOVE this book/series.